期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 40, 期 8, 页码 1489-1493出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50332
关键词
Titan; upper atmosphere; limb observations
资金
- Cassini project of the Italian Space Agency
- Spanish MCINN [AYA2011-23552]
- CONSOLIDER program [CSD2009-00038]
- EC FEDER funds
- MINECO under its Ramon y Cajal subprogram
We have analyzed limb daytime observations of Titan's upper atmosphere at 3.3 m, acquired by the visual-infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) on Cassini. They were previously studied by Garcia-Comas et al. (2011) to derive CH4 densities. Here, we report an unidentified emission peaking around 3.28 m, hidden under the methane R branch. This emission is very strong, with intensity comparable to the CH4 bands located in the same spectral region. It presents a maximum at about 950km and extends from 600km up to 1250km. It is definitely pumped by solar radiation since it vanishes at night. Our analysis shows that neither methane nor the major hydrocarbon compounds already discovered in Titan's upper atmosphere are responsible for it. We have discarded many other potential candidates and suggest that the unidentified emission might be caused by aromatic compounds.
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